An apparatus, system and method is described for controlling one or more consumer electronic devices that is performed by a smart device. The smart device causes one or more graphical elements, each for performing a particular operation to be displayed. The smart device then causes an action to be performed when the user selects one of the graphical elements, for example by pressing one of the keys on the universal controlling device or by speaking a command.
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2. The non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 1, wherein the data indicative of the activation of the input element of the controlling device comprises a key identifier.
3. The non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 1, wherein the determined command is caused to be transmitted to the one of the plurality of media source appliances via a wired connection with the one of the plurality of media source appliances.
4. The non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 3, wherein the determined command is caused to be transmitted to the one of the plurality of media source appliances via the respective one of the plurality of ports of the smart device.
5. The non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in 1, wherein the determined command is caused to be transmitted to the one of the plurality of media source appliances via a wireless connection with the one of the plurality of media source appliances.
6. The non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 5, wherein the wireless connection comprises an infrared connection.
7. The non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 5, wherein the wireless connection comprises a radio frequency connection.
8. The non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 1, wherein the instructions cause the smart device to display a key map on a display associated with the smart device, the key map is determined as a function of the detected media content, and the key map indicates each of a plurality of commands that will be caused to be transmitted by the smart device in response to a respective one of a plurality of input elements of the controlling device being activated by a user.
10. The non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 9, wherein the determined command is caused to be transmitted to the one of the plurality of media source appliances via a wired connection with the one of the plurality of media source appliances.
11. The non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 10, wherein the determined command is caused to be transmitted to the one of the plurality of media source appliances via the respective one of the plurality of ports of the smart device.
12. The non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in 9, wherein the determined command is caused to be transmitted to the one of the plurality of media source appliances via a wireless connection with the one of the plurality of media source appliances.
13. The non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 12, wherein the wireless connection comprises an infrared connection.
14. The non-transitory, computer-readable media as recited in claim 12, wherein the wireless connection comprises a radio frequency connection.
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